Disciplines & Professions: Journalism

Web Sites

Columbia Journalism Review Tools
http://www.cjr.org/tools/

Provides access to a range of information resources for journalists.

FACSNet
http://www.facsnet.org/

Billed as a free site for responsible press, FACSNet features selective, annotated links to credible Internet sources; reporting tools; lists of advocacy and special interest groups; and screened online sources developed by academic experts. The goal is to promote independent, analytical news stories.

Journalism Access
http://www.mindy.mcadams.com/jaccess/

Provides access to online newspapers, university journalism departments, organizations, resource lists, and a “democracy” link that contains materials dealing with free speech, freedom of the press, active roles of citizens, and other sources related to the First Amendment.

Journalism Resources
http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/

Mixed bag of resources contains links to news archives, information sources, indexes to resources regarding gender and race in mass communication, media law resources, journalism magazines, and teaching resources.

Open Directory's Journalism Directory
http://dmoz.org/News/Media/Journalism/

Includes broadcast journalism, photojournalism and editorial cartoonists, as well as media and free speech, popular issues, resources, and education. Featured links are annotated.

Web Sites for Journalists
http://www.toad.net/~andrews/contentsf.html

Table of “quicklinks” allows you to choose from sites of major and minor newspapers, search tools or “portals,” columns and editorials online, job-hunting resources, specialized news sites, and photojournalism/graphics materials.

Databases

Gale Database of Publications and Broadcast Media (Gale Group)

Provides current information on newspapers, periodicals, radio and television stations, and cable TV companies. Includes references from more than 52,000 publications and more than 12,000 radio and TV stations.

Print Resources

Cates, Jo A. Journalism: A Guide to Reference Literature. 2nd ed. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1997.

Provides annotated descriptions of more than 700 reference sources for journalism. Entries are organized by type of reference work. Also provides entries for online sources.

Communication Abstracts. Philadelphia, PA: Sage, 1978-.

A comprehensive collection of communication-related publications worldwide. Covers articles, books, and reports from journals and research institutions. Published 6 times annually.

Ellmore, R. Terry. NTC's Mass Media Dictionary. Lincolnwood, IL: NTC, 1991.

Covers wide range of media including television, radio, newspapers, film, magazines, and more. Provides an alphabetical list of more than 20,000 definitions of important terms.

Journalism and Mass Communications Abstracts. Columbia, SC: Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, 1976-.

Abstracts of dissertations and theses in journalism and related fields. Organized alphabetically by author's last name. Provides subject, author, and institution indices.

McKerns, Joseph P., ed. Biographical Dictionary of American Journalism. New York: Greenwood, 1989.

Provides biographical information on nearly 500 persons important to American journalism. Covers 1690 to the present. Each entry includes a bibliography. An index is provided.

Watson, James, and Anne Hill. Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies. 5th ed. New York: Oxford UP, 2000.

Alphabetical list of specialized terminology. Aimed at a professional audience. Provides a chronology of important events.

Weiner, Richard. Webster's New World Dictionary of Media and Communications. New York: Macmillan, 1996.

Includes technical terms and popular terminology in the field. A general reference source with brief definitions for an alphabetical list of entries.